Germany tired school, Spain risk. Scrums instead of quality – Corriere.it

probable that Japan won’t win the World Cup, but they certainly haven’t learned how to lose them yet. His football is not daring, always beyond the limits. No longer a rookie team, he has played in the World Cup one hundred and twelve times and each time he is considered almost like a rookie, moreover an exotic one. In reality they are exceptional athletes who have now learned to play football very well. Spain had the good fortune to score immediately, they stopped there. In the second half they entered a round of unpredictable confusion that stunned what had seemed the most linear team in the tournament. Not to miss anything Costa Rica-Germany went even further. A chase of twists and turns that has continually broken the logic of the match and consequently of the group.

The conclusion that Japan wins game and group, Germany and Costa Rica go home. Bad moment for the Germans, but not too unexpected. They have failed to renew themselves, they are a big tired school where all its best staff are no longer able to team up. The great youngsters are missing and the legends seem worn out. Many roles have passed over time and never come back. But Germany was different because it knew how to let many ordinary things slip off your skin. The lack of a big striker at the end was decisive. The usual intelligence of the game remained, but fallen into a slow, listless hell. If a real surprise was missing, Spain risked even more. I would say that what the World Cup lacks in terms of pure quality, it is largely finding in the fray. There is no obvious result, a trivial game. Few know how to become beautiful, but all remain indecipherable until the end. I think it is right to settle.